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The all 3-AAA region teams have been picked by the region coaches and include the following RHHS players: First Team Defense - Steven Galbreath (linebacker), Special Teams: Xavier Owens (kick returner), 2nd Team Defense: Caleb Brewer (linebacker), 2nd Team Offense: John Szeker (wide receiver), 2nd Team Defense: Nathan Kilburn (linebacker).

Both the BCHS boys and girls golf teams advanced into state competition Tuesday after the region tournament in Black Creek. Visiting Region 3-A opponents included Calvary Day and Claxton. The top two finishing teams in the tournament qualified to continue on to state competition.

Twenty-two athletes from Richmond Hill High School accomplished the goal for which they have been working toward. Both boys and girls tennis teams will compete in the state playoffs via strong showings at this week's regional playoffs.

The Bryan County Redskins Baseball team is a team on fire right now and whispers of a team that might take us farther than Redskin baseball has gone in a long while can be heard among loyal fans and the Redskins themselves. No one is shouting their acclaim from the rooftops; it is a quiet expectation as one hit after another leads them ever closer to an opportunity to advance into post season play.

The Redskin track teams were in action April 18 and April 20 at the Region 3A Track Meet, hosted by Southeast Bulloch. The boys finished in 3rd place behind Jenkins Co. and Claxton. The girls team finished in 6th place. Seven competitors advanced to state.

Head coach Mitchell Curry set a goal for his team back in February of being in a position to "play in May". Richmond Hill achieved that goal Friday by clinching at least second place in the sub-region with a solidly played 9-5 win over Benedictine and a nail biting 7-6 win on Saturday against Burke County.

The Wildcat golf team traveled to Fort Stewart April 17 for a match with Liberty County and Bradwell Institute. In the girls match, the ponds and out-of bounds markers newly placed proved too much of a challenge for the lone Wildcat Lady, Brittany Jarrell.

Richmond Hill entered its game with South Effingham on Friday with two objectives in mind. Number one - win the game. Number two - save enough pitching for the grueling four game week to come. Head coach Mitchell Curry, thanks to a well executed pitching plan and ten timely hits, can mark those objectives off. Mission accomplished: Richmond Hill 5, South Effingham 4.

Both the Richmond Hill High School boys and girls soccer teams nabbed victories over the weekend, and, coincidentally, this earns them both third seeds from Region 3AAA for the forthcoming state playoff tournament.

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In June 2013 Nik Wallenda, of the famous Flying Wallenda circus family, walked 1,500 feet above the Little Colorado River Gorge on nothing more than a 2-inch steel cable. It took a little more than 22 minutes to walk the quarter-mile battling 30 mph winds and dust along the way. Talk about a balancing act.

BOZEMAN — Al Nash is a spokesman for Yellowstone National Park. As part of his job, he often addresses issues relating to grizzly bears and bison. But he recently added a new topic to the list: Bigfoot.